is it normal for grease to be here

[HATCHY]

upon closer inspection of this clutch issue I discovered a good bit of oil inside the housing, could a leaky oil pan cause this , in which the clutch would become soaked and then slip.. the rear seal looks fine

[idosubaru]

EA81?

 

i can't see clearly in the photo to tell what's wet and what is not. doesn't surprise me for old oil to sit there and collect dust/dirt/etc. seems it's often wet there - oil drips from anywhere on the engine and flies back while you're driving and hits that area.

 

the rear main and clutch doesn't seem wet at all? i can't see any other way for oil to saturate the clutch except for the rear main or the rear separator (which it appears this engine doesn't have?).

[HATCHY]

its down at the bottom. i scraped some of it away. I just dont remeber having grime in there before

[Uberoo]

how did the clutch disk look?

[HATCHY]

Itlooked OK which was weird. Of had so indications of slippage butuad good meatleft. Its really weird never had this much issue with a clutch before

[Uberoo]

did one side look oily or shinny?

[HATCHY]

O installed the engine everything went well. Now I'm going to replace my oilpan gasket just to be safe I don't want to do all this for nothing. Looked there was some caked oil there so. Hope she works out.